Outlands College of Heralds

UNTO the Outlands College of Heralds, our respected friends and
colleagues who give freely of their time to provide commentary, and all
others who come by these letters, on
this 9th day of August A.S. xxxxiii (2008 CE), does Maestra
Francesca
di
Pavia
send greetings on behalf of The Honourable Lady Marie de Blois, White
Stag Principal
Herald.

Here follows the Kingdom of the Outlands Letter of
Presentation for August 2008. Your comments and suggestions
are always welcome. Errors found herein are
undoubtedly mine.

Anyone may comment upon the items found herein, and e-mail
commentary to the herald's commentary list is encouraged. Please have
comments
on items contained herein to Rampart Herald
by September 13, 2008, for the decision meeting tentatively
scheduled for September 14, 2008.

This brief missive shall be my final letter to you as Castle Herald.
Next month, Baron Randal Carrick shall be assuming this office. Please
send all submissions to him, and not to me, effective immediately.
Address your questions to him at castle@outlandsheralds.org.
I shall be assuming the office of Ray de Soleil Pursuivant to the
Barony of Caer Galen. It's been a pleasure working with you all. So
long, and thanks for all the fish.

2. Eoin Roy. Name and device
resubmission. Argent, a wolf sable
and a stag gules combatant.
(St. Golias) Gender: Male.
Submitter cares most about the language/culture of the name, defined as
Lowland Scotland. Changes accepted.
The previous submission, Eoin Kerr,
was returned on the March 2007
LoAR: "Aural conflict with Eoin Cerd, registered August
1996. The only difference in sound is the consonant at the end of the
byname." The new submission changes the byname completely.
Eoin: http://www.MedievalScotland.org/problem/names/iain.shtml
(Arval Benicoeur): "Eoin persisted in Scotland well past 1600 as the
standard Gaelic form of John."
Roy: Black, Surnames of Scotland, header Roy - dated in this spelling
to the reign of James II [which is
post-period-Castle], and also in 1563.

The previous device submission, Or, a wolf sable and a stag gules
combatant, was returned on the September
2006 Outlands Letter of Response: "Conflict with [Conrad
Stronghand] - August 2002: {Or, a wolf counter-salient sable,
maintaining in its mouth a rose gules, barbed and seeded
proper.}Commenters note that changing the field to argent appears to
clear it of all conflicts. Commenters also note that the beasts should
be drawn larger to fill more of the field, and the addition of some
internal detailing would assist with identifiability (an issue that
could potentially cause a return). The current submission makes the
suggested change to the field.